seats CHRYSLER CARAVAN 2005 Service Manual

(7) Install bench seat back hinge covers. (Refer to
23 - BODY/SEATS/SEAT BACK HINGE COVERS -
50/50 SPLIT, BENCH - INSTALLATION)
(8) Verify seat back hinge operation and adjust
synchronizing cable, if equipped. (Refer to 23 -
BODY/SEATS/SYNCHRONIZING CABLE ADJUST-
MENT)
SYNCHRONIZING CABLE ADJUSTMENT
NOTE:
Bench seats equipped with child restraint seats
have an interlock feature that will not allow the seat
back to fold forward with the child seat open.
If the seat back hinges do not release at the same
time the synchronizing cable must be adjusted.
(1) Remove seat from vehicle. Refer to Owner's
Manual for proper procedures.
(2) Disengage cable from the recline mechanism by
pulling the cable end toward the front of the seat
(Fig. 93).
(3) Pull U-shaped locking tab on self-adjusting
mehcanism to disengage auto-adjust feature.
(4) Reattach self-adjusting mechanism, pulling
against spring load to tighten cable.
(5) Press locking tab onto the adjusting mecha-
nism to lock into place.
BENCH SEAT BACK
REMOVAL
NOTE: Bench seats equipped with child restraint
seats have an interlock feature that will not allow
the seat back to fold forward with the child seat
open.
(1) Remove the headrests. (Refer to 23 - BODY/
SEATS/HEADREST - REMOVAL)
(2) Remove the armrests, if equipped. (Refer to 23
- BODY/SEATS/ARMREST - REMOVAL)
(3) Remove the upper hinge cover. (Refer to 23 -
BODY/SEATS/SEAT BACK HINGE COVERS -
REMOVAL)
(4) Disengage synchronizing cable housing from
seat back hinge, if equipped.
(5) Disengage synchronizing cable end from (clip
on left side) hinge latch release arm, if equipped.
(6) Remove shoulder bolts attaching seat back
hinge to seat back frame (Fig. 94).
(7) Remove the seat back.
INSTALLATION
NOTE: Bench seats equipped with child restraint
seats have an interlock feature that will not allow
the seat back to fold forward with the child seat
open.
Fig. 93 SYNCHRONIZING CABLE
1 - CABLE END
2 - LOCKING TAB
3 - SETBACK HINGE
Fig. 94 SEAT BACK HINGE - TYPICAL
1 - SEATBACK FRAME SHOULDER BOLTS
2 - SEAT CUSHION FRAME BOLTS
3 - SEATBACK HINGE
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BENCH SEAT BACK HINGE (Continued)

(1) Install the seat back.
(2) Install the shoulder bolts attaching the seat
back hinge to the seat back frame and tighten to 34
N´m (25 ft. lbs.) torque.
(3) Connect the synchronizing cable end from (clip
on left side) hinge latch release arm, if equipped.
(4) Connect the synchronizing cable housing to the
seat back hinge, if equipped.
(5) Install the upper hinge cover. (Refer to 23 -
BODY/SEATS/SEAT BACK HINGE - INSTALLA-
TION)
(6) Install the armrests, if equipped. (Refer to 23 -
BODY/SEATS/ARMREST - INSTALLATION)
(7) Install the headrest sleeves. (Refer to 23 -
BODY/SEATS/HEADREST SLEEVE - INSTALLA-
TION)
(8) Adjust synchronizing cable, if equipped. (Refer
to 23 - BODY/SEATS/SYNCHRONIZING CABLE
ADJUSTMENT)
BENCH SEAT BACK COVER
REMOVAL
(1) Remove the bench seat back. (Refer to 23 -
BODY/SEATS/BENCH SEAT BACK - REMOVAL)
(2) Remove the bench seat back panel. (Refer to 23
- BODY/SEATS/BENCH SEAT BACK PANEL -
REMOVAL)
(3) Disconnect the cover J-straps.
(4) Remove the seat back cover from the seat back
assembly.
INSTALLATION
(1) Install seat back cover onto the seat back
frame and cushion assembly.
(2) Connect the J-straps.
(3) Install the bench seat back panel. (Refer to 23 -
BODY/SEATS/BENCH SEAT BACK PANEL -
INSTALLATION)
(4) Install the seat back. (Refer to 23 - BODY/
SEATS/BENCH SEAT BACK - INSTALLATION)
BENCH SEAT TRACK
REMOVAL
(1) Remove second row seat from vehicle. Refer to
Owner's Manual for proper procedure.
(2) Place seat on clean covered work surface.
(3) Disengage seat track adjuster link wire from
track being removed.
(4) Remove nuts attaching track to seat riser (Fig.
95).
(5) Remove track from seat riser.
INSTALLATION
(1) Place track in position on seat riser.
(2) Install nuts attaching track to seat riser. (Fig.
95). Tighten nuts to 48 N´m (35 ft. lbs.) torque.
(3) Engage seat track adjuster link wire onto track
being installed.
(4) Install second row seat into vehicle.
Fig. 95 BENCH SEAT TRACK
1 - SEAT TRACK ADJUSTER LINK
2 - RISER
3 - SEAT TRACK NUTS
4 - SEAT TRACK
5 - RISER BOLTS
23 - 148 SEATSRS
BENCH SEAT BACK (Continued)

PLASTIC GROCERY BAG
RETAINER
REMOVAL
3-PASS BENCH SEAT
(1) Remove five screws attaching the plastic gro-
cery bag retainer to the steel slats on the back frame
(Fig. 96).
(2) Remove retainer.
50/50 SPLIT BENCH SEAT
(1) Remove the screws. (Fig. 97)
(2) Pull top of retainer away from the seat back
and lift off of the two bottom attachment hooks.
INSTALLATION
3-PASS BENCH SEAT
(1) Place retainer in position.
(2) Install the five attaching screws and tighten 2
N´m (17 in. lbs.) torque.
50/50 SPLIT BENCH SEAT
(1) Engage bottom hooks of the retainer and place
into position.
(2) Install the attaching screws and tighten 2 N´m
(17 in. lbs.) torque.
UNDER SEAT STORAGE BIN
REMOVAL
(1) Release under seat storage bin latch and open
bin.
(2) Depress lock tabs at the rear/top edge of the
storage bin (Fig. 98).
(3) Pull storage bin from bucket seat riser.
INSTALLATION
(1) Engage storage bin tracks into guides on each
side of seat riser.
(2) Push storage bin inward until lock tabs snap
past retaining ridge on tracks
(3) Verify storage bin latch operation.
Fig. 96 PLASTIC GROCERY BAG RETAINER
1 - ATTACHING SCREWS
2 - ATTACHING SCREWS
Fig. 97 PLASTIC GROCERY BAG RETAINER - 50/50
SPLIT
1 - SEAT BACK
2 - ATTACHING SCREWS
3 - SEAT BACK PANEL
4 - GROCERY BAG RETAINER
5 - ATTACHMENT HOOKS
Fig. 98 STORAGE BIN
1 - PASS. SIDE BUCKET SEAT
2 - UNDER SEAT STORAGE BIN
3 - RISER
4 - LOCK TAB
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UNDER SEAT STORAGE BIN
GUIDE
REMOVAL
(1) Remove under seat storage bin. (Refer to 23 -
BODY/SEATS/UNDER SEAT STORAGE BIN -
REMOVAL)
(2) Remove screws attaching storage bin track
guide to seat riser (Fig. 99).
(3) Remove track guide from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) Place track guide in position on seat riser.
(2) Install screws attaching storage bin track guide
to seat riser (Fig. 99). Tighten screws to 3.6 N´m
(31.8 in lbs.) torque.
(3) Install under seat storage bin. (Refer to 23 -
BODY/SEATS/UNDER SEAT STORAGE BIN -
INSTALLATION)
UNDER SEAT STORAGE BIN
LOCK/LATCH
REMOVAL
(1) Open under seat storage bin.
(2) Remove screws holding under seat storage bin
lock/latch to storage bin (Fig. 100).
(3) Remove lock/latch from bin.
INSTALLATION
(1) Place lock/latch in position on storage bin.
(2) Install screws to hold lock/latch to storage bin
(Fig. 100).
(3) Verify under seat storage bin latch operation.
LUMBAR SUPPORT
REMOVAL
(1) Remove screw attaching lumbar handle to seat
back (Fig. 101).
(2) Remove seat back assembly from cushion.
(3) Detrim the seat back assembly.
(4) Remove frame and replace.
INSTALLATION
(1) Trim the seat back frame.
(2) Install seat back assembly to cushion.
(3) Install attaching screw to lumbar handle. The
handle is to be installed, between two and three
O'clock position. Tighten screw to 1 N´m (11 ft. lbs.)
torque.
(4) Test lumbar operation.
Fig. 99 UNDER SEAT STORAGE BIN GUIDE
1 - STORAGE BIN TRACK GUIDE
2 - RISER
Fig. 100 UNDER SEAT STORAGE BIN LOCK/LATCH
1 - UNDER SEAT STORAGE BIN
2 - LOCK/LATCH
Fig. 101 LUMBAR HANDLE
1 - LUMBAR HANDLE
23 - 150 SEATSRS

SEAT RISER LATCH LOCKING
LINK
REMOVAL
(1) Remove seat as necessary to access latch lock-
ing link.
NOTE: If the seat is locked in the seated position
and cannot be tilted forward, it can be released by
reaching into the escutcheons with a hook tool or a
finger from the rear. Pulling the latch toward the
rear of the vehicle will unlock the seat latch allow-
ing the seat to tilt forward.
(2) Using a flat bladed tool pry plastic latch lock-
ing link free from both pins (Fig. 102).
(3) Remove link from seat.
INSTALLATION
(1) Place latch locking link into position (Fig. 102).
(2) Press latch locking link onto pins lock and seat
fully.
(3) Place seat into position and verify proper oper-
ation.
QUAD BUCKET SEAT SIDE
SHIELD/CUP HOLDER - FLAP
AND SPRING ASSEMBLY
REMOVAL
(1) Inspect the flap retaining tabs on cup holder
for damage (Fig. 103).(2) If cracked or broken, replace quad bucket seat
side shield with cup holder. (Refer to 23 - BODY/
SEATS/SEAT SIDE SHIELD - REMOVAL).
(3) If flap retaining tabs are not damaged replace
flap and spring assembly.
INSTALLATION
(1) Ensure the spring is position into mounting tab
(Fig. 104).
(2)
Hold flap and spring assembly in the horizontal
position and snap into cup holder flap retaining tabs.
(3) Verify cup holder flap operation several times
to ensure proper operation. Flap should fold down-
ward with little effort and spring back to a horizontal
position when released.
Fig. 102 SEAT RISER LATCH LOCKING LINK
1 - LATCH LOCKING LINK
2 - FLAT BLADED TOOL
3 - SEAT RISER
Fig. 103 CUP HOLDER FLAP RETAINING TABS
1 - FLAP RETAINING TABS
Fig. 104 FLAP AND SPRING ASSEMBLY
1 - CUP HOLDER FLAP
2 - SPRING IN MOUNTING TAB
RSSEATS23 - 151

BOTTOM OF SEAT CUSHION
PAN PANEL-THIRD ROW -
FOLD-IN-FLOOR
REMOVAL
(1) Fold the third row seat with back down.
(2) Remove handle from cushion.
(3) Using a trim tool, remove bottom side of the
cushion pan panel (Fig. 105).
INSTALLATION
(1) Place bottom side of the cushion pan panel into
position (Fig. 106).
(2) Press on back of cushion pan panel to seat the
fasteners.
(3) Install handle on cushion.
(4) Place seat in the up right position.
HEADREST SLEEVE - THIRD
ROW - FOLD-IN-FLOOR
REMOVAL
(1) Remove headrest (Fig. 107).
(2) Using a trim tool remove sleeve by prying
sleeve away from the seat back frame to unlock it
(Fig. 108)
(3) Pull headrest sleeve upward and out the top of
the seat back frame and remove from seat.
Fig. 105 THIRD ROW CUSHION PAN & COVER
Fig. 106 THIRD ROW CUSHION PAN & COVER
Fig. 107 HEADREST
1 - HEADREST
2 - DEPRESS TAB
Fig. 108 REMOVING HEADREST SLEEVES
1 - HEADREST SLEEVES
2 - TRIM TOOL
23 - 152 SEATSRS

INSTALLATION
(1) Place headrest sleeve into position and push
downward until sleeve locks into position (Fig. 109).
(2) Install headrest (Fig. 107).
SEAT - THIRD ROW - FOLD-IN-
FLOOR
REMOVAL
(1) Fold third row seat into floor well.
(2) Using a trim stick, unclip anchor molding (Fig.
110).
(3) Remove third row seat attaching bolts (Fig.
111).
(4) Raise seats to the upright position.
(5) Remove the rear seat lower trim cover (Fig.
112).
(6) Remove rear attaching bolts (Fig. 113).
(7) Remove rear seat from vehicle.
Fig. 109 HEADREST SLEEVES
1 - SLEEVES
Fig. 110 ANCHOR MOLDING
1 - 2-WAY CLIPS INTO SEAT FRAME
2 - 4-WAY LOCATING PINS (2)
3 - FRONT SEAT ANCHOR MOLDING
Fig. 111 THIRD ROW SEATS
1 - ATTACHING BOLTS
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HEADREST SLEEVE - THIRD ROW - FOLD-IN-FLOOR (Continued)

INSTALLATION
(1) Place rear seat into position (Fig. 114).
(2) Install rear attaching bolts to seat (Fig. 115).
Tighten bolts to 54 N´m (40 ft. lbs.) torque and follow
tightening sequence.
Fig. 112 REAR SEAT TRIM COVER
1 - PLASTIC NUTS ON WELD STUDS
2 - LOWER TRIM COVER
Fig. 113 THIRD ROW SEAT
1 - ATTACHING BOLTS
Fig. 114 THIRD ROW SEAT INSTALLED
1 - ALIGN SEAT BRACKETS WITH REAR EDGE OF TUB
Fig. 115 THIRD ROW SEAT
1 - ATTACHING BOLTS
23 - 154 SEATSRS
SEAT - THIRD ROW - FOLD-IN-FLOOR (Continued)

(3) Fold the rear seat into the floor well.
(4) Install attaching bolts (Fig. 116). Tighten bolts
to 54 N´m (40 ft. lbs.) torque.
(5) Place the rear seat lower trim cover into posi-
tion and press clips into the lock position (Fig. 117).
(6) Raise third row seat into upright position.
(7) Install lower trim cover with plastic nuts and
tighten them in sequence (Fig. 118).
SEAT BACK COVER/FOAM -
THIRD ROW - FOLD-IN-FLOOR
REMOVAL
(1) Remove seat back panel.
(2) Disengage J-straps (Fig. 119).
(3) Remove seat cover and foam from seat back
frame (Fig. 120).
(4) Separate cover and foam.
Fig. 116 THIRD ROW SEATS
1 - ATTACHING BOLTS
Fig. 117 ANCHOR MOLDING
1 - 2-WAY CLIPS INTO SEAT FRAME
2 - 4-WAY LOCATING PINS (2)
3 - FRONT SEAT ANCHOR MOLDING
Fig. 118 REAR SEAT TRIM COVER
1 - PLASTIC NUTS ON WELD STUDS
2 - LOWER TRIM COVER
Fig. 119 THIRD ROW SEAT BACK
1 - J-STRAPS
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SEAT - THIRD ROW - FOLD-IN-FLOOR (Continued)

INSTALLATION
(1) Place seat back foam into cover.
(2) Install seat cover and foam onto seat back
frame (Fig. 121).
(3) Engage J-straps (Fig. 122).
(4) Install seat back panel. (Refer to 23 - BODY/
SEATS/SEAT BACK - INSTALLATION).
SEAT BACK FRAME - THIRD
ROW - FOLD-IN-FLOOR
REMOVAL
(1) Remove seat back cover and foam. (Refer to 23
- BODY/SEATS/SEAT BACK COVER/FOAM -
REMOVAL).
(2) Remove strap at top of frame (Fig. 123).
(3) Remove two bolts on each side of frame.
(4) Remove seat back frame from seat.
Fig. 120 THIRD ROW SEAT BACK COVER & FOAM
1 - SEAT BACK COVER
2 - FOAM
3 - SEAT BACK FRAME
Fig. 121 THIRD ROW SEAT BACK COVER & FOAM
1 - SEAT BACK COVER
2 - FOAM
3 - SEAT BACK FRAME
Fig. 122 THIRD ROW SEAT BACK
1 - J-STRAPS
Fig. 123 THIRD ROW SEAT BACK COVER & FOAM
1 - SEAT BACK COVER
2 - FOAM
3 - SEAT BACK FRAME
23 - 156 SEATSRS
SEAT BACK COVER/FOAM - THIRD ROW - FOLD-IN-FLOOR (Continued)